Assigkoe op two



(No Model.) U. P. T. MEI-ZER.

OIGAB MOL-D.

No. 387,796 Patented Aug. 14, 1888 flwiw 5744 w ll? UNITED STATES'PATEN'r rrrcn- CHRISTIAN F. T. MELZER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOROF TIVO- THIRDS TO EDWARD MARTIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,796, dated August14, 1888.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Grrnrs'rmn F. T. MEL- ZER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, in the county of IVayne and State oflllichigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-Molds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention consists in providing the cells of a matrix or cigar-moldwith a series of cutting blades or points, which are located at the tipor head end of thelbunch-forming cells of a cigar-mold.

The object of my invention is to provide a cigar-mold with meanswhereby, when the cigar-bunches are being pressed or molded, the tip ormonth end of each cigar buneh will be provided with a slit, so that whenthe finishing-wrapper has been applied the cigar will draw easy, therebymaking what is known as an easy drawing or smoking cigar.

In the common practice of making cigarbunches in molds the tip or monthend becomes too firmly pressed, thereby making a hard drawing or smokingcigar.

The object of my invention is this difficulty.

Vith reference to the accompanying drawings, I herein set forth myinvention, the essential features being pointed out particularly in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the detached parts ofa cigar-mold, like parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is an edge elevationof the parts of the matrix united or closed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalcentral vertical section through one of the cells of the matrix, theparts being coupled, as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a like section showing aslight modification. Figs. 5 and 6 represent the cigarbunches as removedfrom the mold or matrix.

In the drawings, A represent the base or female portion of an ordinarycigar-matrix; B, the top or male portion. a is a dowel pin or lugattached to the end of the female part,

to overcome which, when the two parts of the matrix are coupled, entersthe hole a of the male part B for locking the parts together, all ofwhich are old and in common use. The cigar-bunches are formed in theusual way by placing in the cells Z of the female part the tobacco, thenplacing the part B over the part A. and forcing the parts together underasuitable press, thereby forcing the raised male former Z into the cellZ of the female part, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby giving to thecigar'bunches the desired form. I attach in the longitudinal center ofeach male cell or former Z at the top or mouth-forming end a projectingcutting-blade, f, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) which blade,when the parts ofthe matrix are united, as in Figs. 2 and 3, will out through the pointor mouth end of the cigar -bunch, thereby forming the slit 6, as shownin Fig. 5, which slit, when the wrapper has been applied to thecigar-bunch, forms an air-passage in the cigar, thereby forming aneasy-drawing cigar. The projection of each blade f should be sufficient,so that when the parts of the matrix are coupled, as in Figs. 2 and 3,the blade will cut through the cigar-bunch at the tip end, thecutting-edge 2 meeting the face of the cell at 3. (See Fig. 3.) Theangle of the cuttingedge 2 is made to coincide with the angle of thecell Z, as shown in Fig. 3, or a series of pins, f, as shown in Fig. 4,may be used in place of the cutting-blades, which pins form a series ofperforations, e, as shown in Fig. 6. However, I prefer the blades f, asthey make a better opening or separation of the tobacco of thecigar-bunch at the mouth or head end, as shown in Fig. 5.

The blades f are made fast to the tip ends of the male parts Z of thematrix, so that when the part B of the matrix is lifted from the part Athe blades f will move with the part B and draw out of thecigar-bunches, leaving the slot 6 in each cigar-bunch. The blades fbeing made fast to the part B, when the parts A B are placedundersuitableprcss the blades f will cut through the tobacco in eachcell at the tip or month end.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an organized cigar-mold,the combi- 1 nation of the two body parts adapted to be therein, as setforth, the cutting-blades f, 10- locked together, each part having aportion of cated in the tip or mouth end of the cells Z, acigar-bunch-forming cell located therein,the said blades being made fastto the part B,subprojecting cutting-blade located in the cigarstantiallyas and for the purposes set forth. r 5

5 bunch-forming cell at the tip or head end,said In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in blade being madefast to one of the body parts,presence of two witnesses.

the angle of its cuttin -ed e coincidin with T the angle of the cell E,si l bstantially 5s and CHRISTIAL MELZER' for the purposes specified.\Vitnesses:

1o 2. In a cigar-1natrix,the combination of the It. B. \VHEELER,

parts A B, each part having cells fornied EDWARD MARTYN.

